The phrase "avoid steering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to suggest not directing or influencing a situation or decision.
Example: "In this discussion, it's important to avoid steering the conversation towards personal opinions."
Alternatives: "refrain from guiding" or "stay neutral in directing".
To avoid steering the buyer into a loan that is offering less favorable terms, the rules now say that the borrower must be provided with competing options, including the lowest qualifying interest rate, the lowest points and origination fees, and the lowest qualifying rate without risky features like prepayment penalties.
In particular, the phrase 'a comprehensive system of different products and measures' was replaced by 'a report', to avoid steering the participants too much towards possible specific characteristics.
But most have been quietly relieved that he has proved a prudent, even cautious, statesman who has avoided steering the country into self-defeating adventures or unwinnable wars — campaign promises notwithstanding.
Ever since he formed his company as an antidote to stockbroker ripoffs, Charles Schwab has scrupulously avoided steering his customers into specific investments or stocks.
If you're using the steering wheel, be sure to keep it level while you lift it to avoid accidentally steering.
One unfortunate result, some experts say, is schools' increasing use of precisely the sort of practices families hoped to avoid by steering clear of institutionalized settings: takedowns, isolation rooms, restraining chairs with straps, and worse.
We glided on the water, avoiding marshes, steering down a narrow inlet until we were in a gorge lit up like the most dazzling planetarium.
Of course, the article suggests that perils of cohabitation might be avoided by steering clear of the sliding factor and discussing your expectations for cohabitation.
"But we want to avoid inappropriate steering.
The Democrats on the committee were careful to avoid appearing partisan, steering clear of mentioning Blackwater's deep Republican ties.
Some began to avoid it personally, steering clear of restaurants where it might be lurking in the ingredients list, while others went further, pushing for it to be declared unsafe by food regulatory authorities.
